u.s. department of education, the u.s. department of justice and of course, samhsa, to bring dollars to the local level so people can come together. if there isn't a coalition, parents could consider bringing people together themselves and going online to the samhsa web site and be able to learn how to bring a coalition together, who should be there at the table, how do i get expertise, and it's very accessible. we have a facebook page now. everything is becoming far easier to approach and to get our messages out. have the power of a coalition of every single person in a community that touches a child come together and talk about what needs to be done and then learn the tools of bringing in, to do an assessment as we do in treatment, we do in the community, we can then begin the process and start. our new health reform legislation is going to help us because we are bringing in the attention and the dollars to support the funding for prevention, for treatment, and for recovery services. so our future is very bright but a parent needs to see that

u.s. department of justice to he with on going investigations. this to make up for a staffing shortage following 80 officer layoffs. he also says that oakland cops are now going to focus on three things. gangs, guns and drugs. >> we're not here trying to punish issue the community or threaten the community, that's not it at all. we are following their directions as trying to find better ways to allow the community to report and so we can be more efficient. >> he says to be more efficient injuries officers will work police phone lines. he's meeting with federal agencies next month to talk about possible help. >>> checking other headlines, san francisco police arrested more than 150 protestors who blocked the street in front of the hyatt hotel this evening. about a thousand workers took part to draw attention to stall contract talk about between hyatt and union. the main point, healthcare coverage. >>> a man was shot and killed during a marijuana raid. the shooting happened yesterday in a remote area near mines road. three santa clara deputies open

u.s. department of justice to help with investigations following the staffing layoffs of 80 officers. batts says oakland cops are now going to focus on three things, gangs, guns and drugs. he says to be more efficient, injured officers will work police phone lines. he is meeting with federal agencies next month to talk about possible help. >>> the bart connector to the oakland airport is back on track. the bart board yesterday approving a new financing plan for the project. the automated people mover would connect the coliseum station to the airport. in february, the federal government denied bart $70 million in stimulus funding. the new financing plan uses more state money and taps into bart's reserve fund. there is no word on when this construction might begin. >>> in other action. >> in other action the board tabled action on reducing fares due to an unexpected surplus. >>> in other news it first made news with the fatal shooting of a suspects but a marijuana raid in a remote area of santa clara county turned out to be a lot bigger. >> matt bigler joins us now live at kcbs radio's

u.s. department of justice that was published and posted on the internet it was used as grounds for this report has some information on what this group had been working on over the ten years i certainly do have many questions about some of the things i saw in that report i mean the safety of people working group and work principles for an intelligence agent such as conspiracy principles during the ten years their homes were secretly searched this is something one should be able to detect staying in a pawn and territory any secret agent understands their opponent he should be able to detect signs of such activity like whether he's under surveillance i think during these ten years they would have noticed suspicious signs of someone watching over them could we suggest that someone has betrayed them and if so who could be behind it. i believe the chances are that the information leak took place as a result of possible treason that happened at. about the same time as their work started all i can do is make suggestions it could have been treason by members of this group or others involved in this wor

u.s. department of justice to help with ongoing investigations. this to make up for a staffing shortage following 80 officer layoffs and also said oakland police are now going to focus on three things: gangs, guns and drugs. >> we are not here trying to punish the community or threaten the community. that's not it at all. we're following their directions at trying to find better ways to allow the community to report and so we can be more efficient. >> batts says to be more efficient, injured officers will work police phone lines. he is meeting with federal agencies next month to talk about possible help. >>> some other bay area headlines now. in santa clara, police are warning people to lock their doors and windows at night following a series of burglaries. in the past nine days, six homes have been broken into. in each case, the burglar entered through the home through an unlocked door or window when someone was home at the time. >>> sheriff's deputies have retrieved the body of a suspect shot and killed during a marijuana raid yesterday morning.

u.s. department of justice filed a lawsuit thursday alleging that oracle corp.uded the government in a software deal that involved hundreds of millions of dollars. the suit claims that oracle misrepresented its sales practices in several ways, forcing the government - and by extension taxpayers - to overpay. oracle didn't respond to a request for comment. >> 613 will be back with more of a couple of minutes a live look at the wildfire burning in southern california in honda is out of control 2000 people have been evacuated this is a developing story happening right now. [ male announcer ] whoa, the new ultimate turkey & bacon avocado. get ready for the ride of your life. wipeout in waves of tender turkey and crispy bacon. gaze upon the rad rainbow of voluminous veggies and cool, sea-green avocado all on freshly baked bread. are you up for the ultimate? ♪ then you've got to try the totally new subway ultimate turkey & bacon avocado. carve one up today. crank up the flavor at subway. i even bought her a computer with my new citi forward card. then one day... have

u.s. department of justice to help with ongoing investigations in that city to make up for a staffing shortageide if the city can pursue the as so he plans to ask the city council for a november ballot measure that would ask voters if the as should be allowed to build a new ballpark downtown. baseball officials have gone 16 months without deciding on that territorial rights issue. >>> we'll take a look at traffic and weather around the bay area coming right up. ,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> good morning. well, we're just getting first reports of some delays on bart. there is some police activity going on between the glen park and balboa park station. we are hearing that all trains may be stopped so this is going to cause huge delays systemwide if in fact that is the case so again, just first reports now of delays on bart between the glen park and balboa park stations. if you are commuting across the bay bridge, they actually just turned the metering lights on about 10 minutes ago, pretty late for them to be turning those on. there is a stall on the incline and bridge tow crews are on the way now. but you c

u.s. department of justice under george h.w. bush. >> and ronald reagan. >> what do you think about the news broadcast that in many opinions are in the public interest that will air was ever a local candidate or public official may say. >> i agree with the fcc. it is hard to regulate a spontaneous news broadcast. there is a lot of profanity. when you are interviewing someone and it is alive and they say the f word, you will not be expected to anticipate that. >> patrick filed on behalf of the family research council with regard to the second circuit court of appeals in the indecency case. thank you for being with us on the "of the communicators." a link to the site and the brief filed bymr. trueman and his groups. thank you for joining us on "the communicators." >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on c- span, the final debate between those three -- running a -- in the michigan republican primary. at 10:00 p.m., a debate among the four democratic candidates running in rhode island ' s first house district to replace the retiring kennedy.

u.s. department of justice and the state of arizona over the state's high-profile immigration law went before a federal judge in phoenix today. protestors gathered outside the court house as justice department lawyers argued for an injunction to prevent the new law from taking effect next thursday. the law makes it a state crime to be in the country illegally. and requires local law enforcement officials to check the immigration status of anyone they encounter while enforcing other laws, where reasonable suspicion exists that they are illegal immigrants. in all, seven federal suits have been filed against arizona governor jan brewer since she signed the legislation in april. now two different legal views. kris koback of the university of missouri-cac-40 kansas city school of law helped to author the bill and steven gonzalez of the phoenix school of law. and professor gonzalez, let me start with you. on what dow base your contention that the law is unconstitutional? >> well, good evening from phoenix, ray. there's a couple of problems, i think, very serious problems with the act. but the bigge

meantime department of justice filed lawsuits the u.s. alleging that oracle corp. defrauded the government in a software deal that involved hundreds of millions of dollars. the suit claims that oracle misrepresented its sales practices in several ways, forcing the government - and by extension taxpayers - to overpay. oracle didn't respond to a request for comment. president barack obama in detroit this morning during a chrysler plant. they spent about $62 billion to bailout year ago the president credits the bailout to help turn around the economy. >> we were in the mets' when i took office of the de deep and painful recession that cost our economy about 8 million got jobs. 8 million jobs. took a terrible toll on communities like this one. our economy was shrinking 6 per cent per quarter. we learn this morning it grew by 2.4% in the second quarter of the year. that means it is now been growing again for one full year. (applause) it is grown again instead of shrinking. that is a welcome sign compared to where we were. we have to keep incre

u.s. citizenship of people who were registering to vote. the justice department said you couldn't do that. there is a consistent politicization of the justice department. we just had a report clearing the bush administration of illegality in the u.s. attorney's case. i think the justice department is clearly stonewalling these subpoenas because they have something to hide. do i know exactly what they're hiding? i don't. i just want to say something about mr. west's comments. i agree we've made great progress in race in this country, and there's still lots of problems remaining. our rhetoric is stunted on this issue. every political year, every political season, you get these hair-trigger responses from the internet, from the obama administration. why is this? this is about politics as well as race. mary francis berry, who was the former chairwoman of the civil rights commission under president clinton said, "tainting the tea party movement with the charge of racism is proving to be an effective strategy for democrats. no evidence that they are anymore racist than

u.s. department of education and the u.s. department of justice consider animal cruelty to be one of the early warning signs of potential violent youth. the boston strangeler, unabomber and ted bundy tortured animals before they began to murder people. everyone agrees these disgusting videos must be stopped. my first bill passed the house in 1999 with a bipartisan vote of 372-42 by unanimous consent in the senate and signed into law by then president bill clinton. the supreme court ruled in april of this year that the 1999 law was too broad but indicated it may uphold a law that is more narrowly drafted. in response to the court's decision, i along with my good friend, gary peters introduced h.r. 1556, the prevention of annual crush videos act of 2010. based on the testimony of the constitutional experts at the may 26 crime subcommittee hearing, i worked with members on both sides of the aisle to craft the legislation that is narrowly focused on prohibiting crush videos rather than proper hibting depiction of animal cruelty. after the 1999 bill be

u.s. department of justice has worked on that. matt stiglietz, on the other side is r doj representative and if there are further questioni hope you'll permit them to also -- >> can i ask you to clarify, mr. ambassador, when you are saying there are 36 active corruption cases and growing, are they all afghans or are our contractors part of this mix? >> one of the ones that i can talk about publicly last year was two afghan-american, dual citizens who were involved in a kickback scheme of about million on an $18 million road project and they were brought to the united states under a very high-tech operation run by the department of justice and the embassy. they were tried and convicted and i believe -- and they're in jail now in virginia. that was -- and they were linked to people in the government. so the answer is a little of both. i mean, this is a work in progress and we have put it at the top of our priority and as we mentioned earlier, task force 2010 und admiral desalt is focused on an area which is probably much larger than

u.s. department of justice and seeks to empower these agencies to support local and state efforts to combat financial fraud and empower our seniors. i'd like to extend my special thanks to my colleague, howard coble, from north carolina, for his leadership on this issue. it's been a pleasure working with him to advance this legislation. i also want to thank chairman scott and chairman conyers and ranking members gohmert and smith for their long standing commitment to america's seniors. mr. speaker, when i saw my grandmother go through the last years of her life and what she went through with these solicitations, i made a pledge to make sure that all older americans have the tools that they need to protect themselves against financial crimes and fraud. i urge support for the senior financial empowerment act and yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman roufs. -- reserves. >> mr. speaker, i continue to reserve. mr. scott: mr. speaker, i have no further speakers. i'll be prepared to close. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes mr. rooney. mr. rooney: mr.

. >>> oracle is being accused of fraud and breach of contract by the u.s. justice department. federal investigators say oracle gave the government less favorable contracts than it did other businesses and that resulted in the government overpaying by hundreds of millions of dollars. these charges are based on information from a former oracle employee who filed a whistle-blower complaint three years ago. so far, oracle has made no comment on that lawsuit. >>> three people, including two from walnut creek have been indicted on charges of bribery and bid rigging in a scheme to allegedly defraud cal-trans of $1.2 million. according to the fbi then walnut creek and their company are acaused of bribing an official with money and other gifts in exchange for cal traps contracts. if convicted they face up to 35 years in prison and could be required to pay $2.4 million in fines. let's go to sal who has an update on the cal train delays. >> we have the delays as you mentioned. we are looking at the roads as well because that may put more people on the roads. san mateo traffic looks good a

u.s. justice department saying, while we understand the frustration, a patchwork of state and local policies would destruct symptom of immigration enforcement and the arizona attorney general who opposed the new state law says wednesday acquisition puts more pressure on the federal government. >> by taking this action, it has an absolute obligation to fix our broken immigration system. >> reporter: with the exception of those banned measures the arizona immigration law goes into effect thursday appeared in washington, samantha hayes, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> despite the ruling protesters took to the street of san francisco. about 100 demonstrators gathered outside of house speaker nancy pelosi's office and 19 people were arrested after they blocked the intersection. some were local clergy members who say they were disturbed by the slow pace of national immigration reform. >>> facing increasing the met increasing concerns oakland's police chief outlined his plans today appeared he met with community leaders to explain what he is doing to do with the recent layoffs of 80 officers. he said part

if they work on behalf of governments in a lobbying capacity, they, too, have to register with the u.s. justice department. in terms of employment, as the caller was suggesting, yes, i think the russian embassy is more restrictive than we are. the u.s. embassy in moscow, we do employ foreign service nationals who do fantastic work. whether it is translating or providing administrative assistance or other things, they are obviously not involved or work at the industry that provides classified information, but from being drivers to other things they perform some invaluable performance to the u.s. guest: what you -- what would you like to add? caller: this looks like a benny hill show, this operation. it looks like people trying to justify their relationship as an agency. sell them out. i was impressed with the f.b.i. how they did this. did they notify our allies they were taking these guys down? guest: there is always interest in trying to turn people. that may explain why in part the previous caller had mentioned the initial period of this investigation seems to have gone back almost a decade and why now a

u.s. justice department is suing oracle corporation for fraud and breach of contract.eral investigators say they overcharged the government hundreds of millions of dollars. those charges are based on information from a former oracle employee. oracle is not commenting on that lawsuit. >>> some people are pushing for bp to change its name. they want it to return to the old am a could name. the station owners say there is a lot of good will left in the old symbol. in the west it is sold under the arcould brand name. >> meg whitman came pain may bring back painful memories for jerry brown. coming up we will tell you what he might learn from his sister. >> also, one bay area city has come up with a pot club plan. >> good morning. westbound interstate 80 traffic is getting more crowded on the way to the bridge. we will tell you more coming up. [ inaudible ] ♪ [ music ] [ inaudible ] ♪[ music ] >> bay area bridges right now looking pretty good, bay bridge, san mateo and golden gate. you can actually see the bridges. [ inaudible ] >> -- 6:24. in just a short while air tankers

u.s. have pled guilty to what? >> to charges as i understand it of conspiring to fail to register as foreign agents with the justice department. but not to charges of espionage. >> woodruff: not to spying. now tell us some more, mark hosenball about the four who were imprisoned in russia. >> well, the neither the u.s. government nor russian government to my knowledge has officially identify these people. there is a list of four people who might be part of this spy swap deal which appeared in a russian newspaper today and also appeared on the bbc. it's my understanding that at least one of the names on this list is inaccurate but as i understand at least one of the people on the list is this igor sutyiyagan who was probably dealing with unclassified information but was nonetheless put in jail by the russians for spying for the united states. tls is my understanding that one of these people who was a former military -- that he had been jailed by the russians for spying for the united states and may have been involved in helping the united states find a mole in the fbi, a notorious mole named robert hanson who the film made abou

of any asset sales or significant cash transfers. the company confirmed a report in today's financial times that u.s. assistant attorney general tony west wrote to the company last month. normally the u.s. justice departmentoes not require advanced notice of such deals.. hawaii's governor ended months or speculation by vetoing legislation that would have granted gay and lesbian and opposite sex couples the state provides to opposite sit sex couples. the bill was approved by the legislature in late april. >> nato mistakenly killed five of its afghan allies in the country's eastern sector and three americans were reportedly killed today by a roadside bomb in the south and a german official has filed a legal complaint against facebook. people were complaining that the private information was saved by the networking site without their knowledge or consent and their office got complaints by people after facebook obtained their names and addresses after people listed them as a contact. some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> before the senate judiciary committee votes up or down, watch the entire nominee of elaine kagan. elena kagan. it's washington your way and to purchase any part of the hearing, jus

of fraud by the u.s. government. scott bud man is here, i hear the word lawsuit is being bandied about? >> this is the u.s. justice department going after oracle. announcing plans this afternoon to join a fraud lawsuit filed against oracle. claiming the company did not offer deals. the original lawsuit was filed by an oracle employee as a whistle-blower. the mountain view search giant says mainland china has cut off google's search engine. google shares falling in after hours trading because of that news. as for the regular session, can you see stocks fell despite a drop in jobless claims, investors still uncertain about the direction of our economy. speaking of uncertainty. toyota announcing a recall today. 400,000 of its avalon and lexus ls-470 models because of a recall that could lead to loss of driver control. back to you. >> thanks, scott. >>> a huge drug cartel hot bust nets almost 100 mexican nationals in the sierra mountains. the raids were part of a sweep in the mountain range. agents combed remote areas in fresno, madara counties, scoring $1.7 billion worth of illegal weed. law enforcement says that several mexica

u.s. justice department got into the debate. asking a federal judge to block the bill based on the argument that immigration policy is the role ofederal government. >> it's a big assertion of power to take down a state statute before it's had a chance to go into effect and to say at this particular stage, it's unconstitutional. so, she won't do that casually. >> reporter: legal experts predict 1070 will eventually make its way to the supreme court. but right now, residents in arizona are gearing up for what could be a very contentious week as judgment day draws near. kristen welker, nbc news, los angeles. >>> up next, new times for a record-setting swimmers who once couldn't jump in the pool. >>> finally tonight in this sweltering july weekend, swimming pools across the country have been filled with children. trying to escape the heat. but the two men you're about to meet, brothers, recall a time when that just wasn't an option. if you look like them. which makes their stroke of success in the water all the more remarkable. when john and bradford tatum took to the water, public swimming pools didn't allow blacks. so they found a

department of justice actually said today which is a violation of said last week they were going to go after sanctuary cities cities that will not let their police officers report illegal immigrants the u.s. violating congressional law has been signed into law a law of the united states but you're going on about arizona but we're going writers need more education you know if they go after all these sanctuary cities should they really you know a new round all these people up and take them out of the country and then don't even tell them that no one else don't cross the border so you don't go after arizona because you don't like their immigrant there or what i see is more of a security and forcing federal law and then not go after those who are abjectly of violating federal law that's on the books it's part of the well. if you are looking i think going after arizona because this is a distraction perhaps you know a lot of people are really trying to say that this is about politics this is because they want to get the latino vote and this way maybe they won't realize immigration reform didn't happen this year you know if they just want to talk about politics let's talk about governor jan bre

the 21st, 2010, director bromwich previously served as inspector general for the department of justice and as an assistant u.s. attorney in the southern district of new york, most recently director bromwich was a partner at the law firm of fried and frank where he specialized in conducting internal investigations. we welcome both of you. at this time i ask that each witness deliver their testimony within five minutes, which will allow the committee ample time to raise questions and also considering your time constraints, secretary, of course, you know the rules that they start out, the light is on green and then, of course, you know because you know all about these lights and all of a sudden they caution -- >> i'm not sure i know about these lights. >> that's another issue but also at the end it becomes red so, mr. secretary, you may begin. >> thank you very much chairman towns and thank you, congressman issa and all the distinguished members of the committee here and at the outset let me just say thank you to the committee for the work that it has done in the prior years relative to putting into the spotligh

u.s. geological survey says it's the d.c. area's largest quake on record. an ex-bush justice department official who approved brutal interrogation methods by the cia says he never signed off on some of the tactics detainees claimed were used on them. the revelation came in congressional testimony made public yesterday. in it he said that approved techniques such as waterboarding were used excessively and that the cia never asked for approval of other tactics, including punching, kicking, and dousing them with cold water. >>> according to u.s. army data last month, about a soldier a day committed suicide. june saw a record number of suicides. despite aggressive counseling programs, the number of those taking their own lives is up 12% from last year. >>> new data shows the last month was the hottest ever recorded on earth. according to measurements that go back to 1880, average mercury was 61 degrees, up more than a degree from the 20th century average. >>> and now here's an early look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 10,359 after losing 7 points yesterday. the s&p added a point, and the nasdaq lost a fraction. taking a look at overseas trading this morning,

u.s. justice department stepped in to the debate, asking a federal judge to block the bill, based on the argument that immigration policy is the role of the federal government. but that may not happen before thursday when the law is due to take effect. >>> one of the newest golden state warriors knows the eyes of his community will be watching his every move. jeremy lynn says he's humbled by all the attention he's getting from the asian-american community. he says his main goal is to become a better basketball player. many think he has a lot to prove in a sport where there aren't very many asian faces. >> seeing the support from the asian-american community, you know, i start to think about, wow, there is a lot of little kids that look up to me. and so i'm very thankful for this opportunity and the responsibility. >> jeremy lynn is going to be the first taiwanese american to play in the pros and the fourth asian-american to play on the nba level. >>> 4:38. want to check in with mike with our morning commute. >> growing up in the asian basketball leagues here, we will look up to him for a number of reasons, he's pretty tall. looking ov

has been educated att the college of william and mary, also has a law degree from fordham university in the bronx new york, was a trial lawyer at the u.s. justice department from 2000-2006. currently senior director for mississippi river and east coast center for rivers and deltas, part of the environmental defense fund, senior direct there are. and as we look at restoration, mr. harrison, what's the prescription from your area? if you don't quite know how bad it is yet, how are you going to get your head around how to restore things? what's your process going to be? guest: well, one of the things that people need to rember about the louisiana wetlands in particular and the gulf of mexico is that these are places where environmental damage has been happening for the past 80, 100 years. you can take the louisiana wetlands, for example, because we made some decisions on how we manage the mississippi river, the wetlands are actually the delta of the mississippi river. this is where the riv comes down, it's draining 41% of the united states, it's eroding all that land and sediment. and it builds this land mass, where new orleans sits. it's where the fishing c

u.s. justice department filed suit to block arizona's new immigration law. the newshour is always online, of course. hari sreenivasan in our news room previews what's there. >> sreenivasan: watch all of jeff's conversation with chuck close on art beat. paul sol upon previews his upcoming report on greece's debt crisis and why the underground economy may be to blame. another economic story dante chinni looks aate what the latest jobless numbers mean for communities across the u.s. on the day west virginia senator robert byrd was buried art beat remembers his love of music and the love of the fiddle. all that and more is on our website newshour .pbs.org. gwen? >> ifill: that's the newshour for tonight. i'm gwen ifill. >> lehrer: we'll see you online and again here tomorrow evening. thank you and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. captioning sponsored

> the justice department says there will be no criminal charges against members of the former bush administration in the last of a string of investigations over the controversial firing of nine u.s. attorneys back in 2006. the dismissals were found to be inappropriately political but not criminal. then attorney general alberto gonzalez resigned amid the scandal and accusations the administration improperly dismissed the attorneys to influence criminal cases. >>> republican national committee chairman michael steele is under fire again. this time the heat is coming from his own party with accusations from the rnc's treasurer that steele hid more than $7 million in party debt to beef up its bottom line ahead of midterm elections. rnc officials deny the charges, which could carry a hefty fine. >>> in new hampshire, beach-goers beware. at least 100 people were stung by pieces of a dead jellyfish that scattered along the shore after lifeguards tried to remove it from the water. nine children were reportedly treated at a hospital for their injuries. >>> and if you think it's been a hot summer, imagine if the sun was 300 times its current size. now, this is not a doomsday report. howev

the 21st, 2010, director bromwich previously served as inspector general for the department of justice and as an assistant u.s. attorney in the southern dtrict of new york, most recently director bromwich was a partner at the law firm of fried and frank where he ecialized in conducting internal investigations. we welcome both of you. at this time i ask that each witness dever their testimony within five minutes, which will allow the committee ample time to raise questions and also considering your time constraints, secretary, of course, you know the rules that they start out, the light is on green and then, of course, you know because you know all about these lights and all of a sudden they caution -- >> i'm not sure i know about these lights. >> that's another issue but also at the end it becomes red so, mr. secretary, you may begin. >> thank you very much chairman towns and thank you, congressman issa and all the distinguished members of the committee here and at the outset let me just say thank you to the committee for the work that it has done in the prior years relative to putting into the spotlight some

department of justice is offering its assistance to the department of defense in prosecuting the leak case. president obama spoke publicly for the first time about the biggest intelligence leak in u.sing the afghan war. >> while i'm concerned about the disclosure of sensitive information from the battlefield that could po operations, the fact is these documents don't reveal any issues that haven't already informed our public debate on afghanistan. >> reporter: the documents posted on the whistleblower website wikileaks has details about missions gone horribly wrong, civilian deaths, and being double-crossed by the isi, the intelligence service of u.s. ally pakistan, who was fed the information from a source believed to be this man, army specialist brad manning, now behind bars in kuwait, accused of document theft. >> i really am appalled by the leak, condemn the leak, and i believe that there is potential there to put american lives at risk. >> reporter: it was with these new revelations that the house passed a $33 billion bill to pay for the wars in afghanistan and iraq and debated a measure to remove u.s. troops from pakistan. >> we have to take a different approach here. >> we c

u.s. justice department department have filed lawsuits to stop it. >>> and it's been 100 days since the deepwater horizon has exploded in the gulf, leading to the nation's worth environmental disaster. the new head ofnow vowing to stop the leak, clean up the beaches and restore shareholder value. >>> firefighters in california are battling a wind-driven fire that's burning out of control in a mountain community 70 miles north of los angeles. flames have already destroyed as many as 40 homes. >>> and president obama is spending the day in the new york area. he's visiting a new jersey sub shop to talk about his lending initiative for small businesses. he's also attending fund-raisers in manhattan. and will also tape an appearance on "the view." >>> now, for some of you, your local news is next. >> for everyone else, "america this morning" continues right after this. . mom: look at all these fabulous geeks! there are so many! look at this one! it helps you video chat with mom! son: bingo! mom: look at this one. you can video chat with me, honey. son: mom, go get the car. mom: he's in such a hurry to learn. vo: buy any laptop and get geek squad support for six months. online. on the phone, or in-store.

department. next to him matt stiglitz from the justice department. next to him shannon darcy from aig. next to shannon, quentin gray from the u.s. department of agriculture. next to quentin, raul artiste who just joined us from the department of homeland security and next to him, chemical or on her last day is the state department staff where she is going onto council of foreign relations fellowship. the six agencies not hear our cia, joint chiefs of staff, fbi and the office of the secretary of defense. no office of the department's history is have this interagency and this is designed-- i brought them here today mr. chairman to illustrate to you that as distinctly as possible that we have a whole of government approach here and there is very good civilian military coordination. on the second row, our afghan political expert and a former member of the united nations team. tim linda king our new pakistan country director and our new afghan country director. so, with that team behind this mr. chairman, we have embarked on full implementation and close coordination with centcom and isaf and the american embassy in kabul of the efforts that you

department of justice. if unittd and continental emerge, a another bomb in a chain of mergers will fall. -- in other domino chain of mergers will fall. the president of u.s. air waves thht if this merger goes through, his airline will soon3 transaction in isolation. the airline industry has been in turmoil since 1978. the machinist argued against peregulation. in 2007, the financial housing peltdoww was a result of corporate greed. looking daily at the news reports about this atastrophe in louisiana, we can tell that deregulated industries only operate in their own best interest nd not the interest of consumers or employees. the airline industry needs to be stabilized. it contributes $692 billion to the gross domestic product. it is clear that the airline industry has failed to deliver on he promises of a stable industry. albert einstein said, if you continue to do the same thing over and over again and expect a diffeeent result. to allow the airlines to continue to consolidate and to f regulation, -- the industry does anyone reelly believe that in operation, ach with an+ immense operationaa control, will benefit the country? although we have met both wi

u.s. justice department has stepped into the debate asking a federal judge to block the bill based on the argument that immigration policy is a role of federal government. that may not help before thursday when the law is due to take effect. >>> it is almost back to school time again this year. and retailers are celebrating. stores are gearing up to help students get back to class. school shopping is second only to holiday shopping and retail sales. >> this is going to be the first real test of -- for consumers and their spending ability. >> there are conflicting views on how busy retailers will be this year compared to last year. the national retail federation expects about a 10% increase in sales. but others say it could go either way. so obviously we'll have to wait and see how shoppers decide. >>> san francisco hosted the 32nd annual san francisco marathon over the weekend. about 24,000 people running the 26.2 mile route. 25-year-old stanford grad and student keith bechtol finished in first and the amazing thing, it was his first marathon and he broke the course record. also we have a congratulations to our assistant news directo

has been educated at the college of william and mary, also has a law degree from fordham university in the bronx new york, was a trial lawyer at the u.s. justice department from 2000-2006. currently senior director for mississippi river and east coast center for rivers and deltas, part of the environmental defense fund, senior direct there are. and as we look at restoration, mr. harrison, what's the prescription from your area? if you don't quite know how bad it is yet, how are you going to get your head around how to restore things? what's your process going to be? guest: well, one of the things that people need to remember about the louisiana wetlands in particular and the gulf of mexico is that these are places where environmental damage has been happening for the past 80, 100 years. you can take the louisiana wetlands, for example, because we made some decisions on how we manage the mississippi river, the wetlands are actually the delta of the mississippi river. this is where the river comes down, it's draining 41% of the united states, it's eroding all that land and sediment. and it builds this land mass, where new orleans sits. it's where the fishi

>> again, that is something for the departments of justice to sort out. >> anyone who is a naturalized u.s. citizen, whether these are legally or illegally, it would seem to me that if you are a u.s. citizen that consular access would not apply. >> i am not sure if it applies to dual citizenship in the kind of case you are describing. i can check into it. the concept, i am happy to check into it. but as far as details, i refer you to the department of justice. >> i want to go back to china. they have said -- do have any comment? >> i am not aware of the statement. >> they said some chinese officials claim that south china is of national core interest. they claim it is their territory and that there will be a conflict of territorial claim. >> i will look into that and see if we have a natural response. >> of the iranian negotiators made a response to action -- ashton whether some conditionn -- is this a step forward or not? >> i am always wary of characterizing things that come out of this. what i would stress is the 5 + one spoke in one voice and that is that the door remains open. if iran

of u.s. attorneys. the case dates back to 2006 when the attorneys were dismissed. a two-year justice departmently inappropriate but not illegal. >>> thanks to the new financial regulation law the president just signed, the check really is in the mail. thousands of customers whose banks failed in 2008 are going to be getting some money back. the fdic plans to mail depositors roughly $200 million starting today. the new law creates a higher cap on what the fdic would insure, retroactive back to 2008. >>> good news for pregnant women who need their cup of coffee. it's okay. a research review by a major doctors group has found moderate caffeine consumption probably won't increase the risk of miscarriage or premature birth. until now there had been a lot of conflicting information about the risk of caffeine. moderate consumption means 12 ounces of coffee or four eight-ounce cups of tea. >>> some beachgoers in new hampshire have found out the hard way even a dead jellyfish can still sting. more than 100 people were stung by the massive jellyfish which had broken into pieces when lifeguards tried to r

u.s. national information to the republic of cuba. i will defer to the department of justice for specific details on their sentences. we believe that, in this case, the severe punishment was warranted by the nature of his crime, which was a serious breach of national security. by committing acts of espionage, he egregiously violated the confidence placed in him by the department of state and the american people. also, this morning, the secretary had a conversation with the foreign secretary hague. primary purpose of the call was to compare notes prior to prime minister cameron's visit to washington next week. she also used the opportunity to thank the united kingdom for its support of the new u.s./eu agreement regarding the terrorist finance tracking program. they agreed on the importance of continuing our efforts to prevent terrorists from using our financial systems to launch attacks. they also talked about the situation with respect to mr. m ugrahi. in our mutual views of the release of him last year, that was a mistake. the secretary recently signaled to the foreign secre

department of justice. >> according to reports, this was attorney general -- the swiss attorney general alluded to potential technical errors in the u.s. extradition request. do you buy that? >> a 13 year-old girl was drugged and raped by an adult. this is not a matter of technicality. >> she reported to have said that one of the reasons for not extraditing roman polanski was that he had been coming to switzerland for many years in good-faith that he would not be extradited to face justice. do you see any merit to that argument? >> no. >> would you say that the u.s. is disappointed by the swiss decision? >> yes. look, i can reiterate what i just said. the rape of a 13 year-old girl by an adult, he should know better and he does know better. it is a crime. we will continue to seek justice in this case. >> the federal government is actually taking a position on this? you believed -- 9 >> you have the california courts that educated this case. i think the facts in the case are not in dispute. the girl was 13. he was an adult. there was a rape. we think that is a crime. that is why we have been pursuing this case for over many years. i wi